The nominees for 2023 have been determined!
03/20/2023 - The nominees for the German Computer Game Prize 2023 (DCP) have been announced. On March 16 and 17, 2023, the jury selected the best games of the year from numerous submissions. 27 different games and prototypes are in the running.
This year, the DCP is endowed with 800,000 euros and will be awarded in 15 categories. On Thursday, May 11, 2023, the awards will be presented at Spindler & Klatt in Berlin. The show will also be broadcast live via the Internet. Presenter Katrin Bauerfeind and entertainer Uke Bosse will lead through the award ceremony. The organizers of the award are the German government, represented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection, and the game - Association of the German Games Industry.
On March 16 and 17, 2023, the DCP main jury met at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection in Berlin. The 35-member main jury is composed of experts from the games industry, science, culture, media and politics. This year, for the first time, the jury was chaired by Mareike Ottrand, Professor of Interactive Illustration and Games at HAW Hamburg. The full list of jury members is available here.
"Congratulations to all the nominees! This year, the jury was presented with creative and courageous games that were developed with a lot of heart and skill. In passionate discussions, we determined the best games of the year. Many thanks to all the members of the jury for their expertise and commitment to the German Computer Game Award," said jury chair Prof. Mareike Ottrand.
In the category "Best German Game", Beholder 3, Chained Echoes and Signalis will compete for the coveted award. Prize money of 100,000 euros awaits the winning game and 30,000 euros each for the other two nominees. This means that the three nominees can already look forward to prize money. This also applies to the two young talent award categories, whose nominees are assured prize money of 25,000 euros.
The 2023 nominees at a glance:
(within the categories in alphabetical order, in brackets: Developer team and publisher, if applicable)
Best German Game
(endowed with 100,000 euros for the winning game and 30,000 euros each for the two other nominees)
- Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games / Alawar Entertainment)
- Chained Echoes (Matthias Linda / Deck13 Spotlight)
- Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
Best Family Game
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- The Magic Board Castle (Meander Books)
- Dungeons of Dreadrock (Christoph Minnameier)
- Horse Tales: Save Emerald Valley (Aesir Interactive / Microids)
Newcomer Award Best Debut
(endowed with 60,000 euros for the winning game and 25,000 euros each for the two other nominees)
- Chained Echoes (Matthias Linda / Deck13 Spotlight)
- Dome Keeper (Bippinbits / Raw Fury)
- Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
Newcomer Award Best Prototype
(endowed with 50.000 Euro for the winning game and 25.000 Euro each for the four other nominees)
- A Sister's Journey (Florian Lackner)
- Light of Atlantis (Alina Fasen, Luisa Höhne, Vincent Krenzke, Simone Mayer, Alexander Nham / HAW Hamburg)
- Mail Tail (Robin Heisterkamp)
- Ova Magica (Claudia Gorsky)
- Thief of Smiles (Lars Hinnerk Grevsmühl, Alina Hies, Felix Kosian, Marcel Zurawka)
Best Audio Design
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games / Alawar Entertainment)
- Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
- The Cycle: Frontier (Yager Development)
Best Expert Game
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Demolition - Build to Destroy (Randwerk Games)
- Touch Type Tale - Strategic Typing (Pumpernickel Studio / Epic Games)
- Zombie Cure Lab (Thera Bytes / Aerosoft)
Best Game Design
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Dome Keeper (Bippinbits / Raw Fury)
- Dungeons of Dreadrock (Christoph Minnameier)
- Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
Best Graphic Design
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Demolition - Build to Destroy (Randwerk Games)
- Finding Hannah (Fine Games)
- Signalis (Rose Engine / Humble Games)
Best Innovation and Technology
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Beethoven // Opus 360 (agon e.V.)
- Hologate - Ghostbusters VR Academy (Hologate)
- Polaris Convention Mobile Game (Super Crowd Entertainment)
Best Mobile Game
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Dungeons of Dreadrock (Christoph Minnameier)
- Rise of Cultures (Innogames)
- Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus (Snowprint Studios)
Best Serious Game
(endowed with 40.000 Euro)
- Adventure Hanse (wayside / European Hanse Museum Lübeck)
- Beholder 3 (Paintbucket Games / Alawar Entertainment)
- Autumn 89 - On the Streets of Leipzig (Playing History / Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum)
Best International Game
(undoped)
- God of War Ragnarok (SIE Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders / Funcom)
- Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
Player of the year
(undoped)
- Leon Kirilin (aka Nine)
- Pia Scholz (aka Shurjoka)
- Senior Gambling
- Stephan Bliemel (aka Steinwallen - Games & History)
- Umut Gültekin (aka RBLZ_Umut)
Studio of the year
(endowed with 50.000 Euro)
- Egosoft (Würselen)
- Paintbucket Games (Berlin)
- Weltenbauer Software Development (Wiesbaden)
Special prize of the jury
(endowed with 10.000 Euro)
No nominations. Winner will be announced on May 11, 2023.
Source: Press release
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